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Don't get rid of the penny
7.The penny is good for financials.
With so much anxiety in the financial markets and fear among people about the future, why would we get rid of something that works?
Let’s keep the penny; think of it as an investment in our national character.
5.Pennies can help people in need.
...how on Earth, can Americans spare some change for the needy if the penny goes away?
...in New York, school children collected 100 million pennies for charity.
4.Many things can't happen without the penny.
Flattening them as a souvenir in those big tourist-attraction machines.
Spending hours rolling them into small paper cylinders.
...discovering a stray penny in your pocket that is perfect for flinging into a nearby fountain with a twinkle in your eye and a wish in your heart.
1.We need the penny more than ever right now.
People are scared and divided...
...civility in America is on the ropes.
2.We need to keep the penny.
I don't know about you, but when I raise children in this country, I'd at least like to be able to point to the 16th president of the United States of America and recall what true patriotism meant.
I don't know about you, but when I raise children in this country, I'd at least like to be able to point to the 16th president of the United States of America and recall what true patriotism meant.
6.Most people want pennies to stay.
Polling has consistently shown over the years that most Americans want pennies to stick around.
More than two-thirds of Americans (68%) want to keep the penny, according to a poll released by Americans for Common Cents...
3.The penny's currency has changed and may be worthless one day.
When your grandparents were kids, they could buy a handful of candy, a couple of pieces of gum, or a bottle of Coke for just a few pennies.
...it's fair to wonder if the next generation of youth would even be aware of the beautiful brown sight that is a freshly-minted American penny.